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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on &#8220;The God Delusion Debate&#8221; and &#8220;Science and the God Question&#8221; film screenings in Sarasota by len gumley</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/11/10/the-god-delusion/#comment-1737</link>
		<dc:creator>len gumley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Two of us will be coming</description>
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		<title>Comment on Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses come knocking by marty</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/11/07/jehovahs-witnesses-come-knocking/#comment-1736</link>
		<dc:creator>marty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I always wish the JW's a Happy Birthday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always wish the JW&#8217;s a Happy Birthday.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Priming, pareidolia, apophenia, and The German New Medicine by Rayner</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/10/22/priming-pareidolia-apophenia-and-the-german-new-medicine/#comment-1735</link>
		<dc:creator>Rayner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome article! I found it really insightful and it gave me some interesting ideas. I love how the human brain makes things up out of random data. 
I actually just wrote an article on Pareidolia as well! 
If you are interested:
http://greendrake.ca/?p=29</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome article! I found it really insightful and it gave me some interesting ideas. I love how the human brain makes things up out of random data.<br />
I actually just wrote an article on Pareidolia as well!<br />
If you are interested:<br />
<a href="http://greendrake.ca/?p=29" rel="nofollow">http://greendrake.ca/?p=29</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses come knocking by Adrian</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/11/07/jehovahs-witnesses-come-knocking/#comment-1734</link>
		<dc:creator>Adrian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Holy Shit!  That was Great!  

"All you can do is inform them of the fiery pit of Spaghetti sauce, the rest is up to them.  We can only pray that they are touched by his noodly appendage before it is too late.

Nice proselyting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Shit!  That was Great!  </p>
<p>&#8220;All you can do is inform them of the fiery pit of Spaghetti sauce, the rest is up to them.  We can only pray that they are touched by his noodly appendage before it is too late.</p>
<p>Nice proselyting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses come knocking by Jack B</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/11/07/jehovahs-witnesses-come-knocking/#comment-1733</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David, 

Thanks for taping your hilarious encounter with two traveling True Believers.

Your video offers still more proof that blind faith in religion is a form of mental illness. 

Unfortunately, there seems to be no cure. Enlightenment typically comes only from within, as it did for most of us, and almost never from without. 

These two women retreated from your heretical inquiries completely untouched and unaffected by their encounter with logical disbelief.

Now, they are probably burning with even greater fervor to continue spreading their personal version of "The Word of God." 

Thanks a lot, David! :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David, </p>
<p>Thanks for taping your hilarious encounter with two traveling True Believers.</p>
<p>Your video offers still more proof that blind faith in religion is a form of mental illness. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, there seems to be no cure. Enlightenment typically comes only from within, as it did for most of us, and almost never from without. </p>
<p>These two women retreated from your heretical inquiries completely untouched and unaffected by their encounter with logical disbelief.</p>
<p>Now, they are probably burning with even greater fervor to continue spreading their personal version of &#8220;The Word of God.&#8221; </p>
<p>Thanks a lot, David! <img src='http://freeinquiryforum.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>Comment on Stupid Lipstick Hysteria by Jack Bethune</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/09/10/stupid-lipstick-hysteria/#comment-1558</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Bethune</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There's a simple explanation behind this and other trivial, hyped-up news topics. Every day that Republicans can keep public debate focused on "fake fouls" such as "lipstick," rather than on voters' real issues, is another day closer to the election without having to discuss the sorry state of the country, or to defend Republican failures at home and abroad.  Republican campaign strategists are delighted to keep the newspapers and airwaves alive with phony outrages and mock indignations over lipstick and any other insignificant or cynically manufactured topic, so that public attention can be diverted from Republican incompetence while running out the clock on their Democratic opponents, who are trying to alert the public not to vote for four more years of the same. See how easy it is to understand what's happening?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a simple explanation behind this and other trivial, hyped-up news topics. Every day that Republicans can keep public debate focused on &#8220;fake fouls&#8221; such as &#8220;lipstick,&#8221; rather than on voters&#8217; real issues, is another day closer to the election without having to discuss the sorry state of the country, or to defend Republican failures at home and abroad.  Republican campaign strategists are delighted to keep the newspapers and airwaves alive with phony outrages and mock indignations over lipstick and any other insignificant or cynically manufactured topic, so that public attention can be diverted from Republican incompetence while running out the clock on their Democratic opponents, who are trying to alert the public not to vote for four more years of the same. See how easy it is to understand what&#8217;s happening?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Detox foot patches and pads by dimossi</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/05/21/detox-foot-patches-and-pads/#comment-1268</link>
		<dc:creator>dimossi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all you are taking that sentence out of context.  Read the whole paragraph:

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It is unlikely they will ever try, because the basic idea that toxins will be excreted through the skin clashes with what is known about human anatomy and physiology. Real detoxification of foreign substances takes place in the liver, which modifies their chemical structure so they can be excreted by the kidneys which filter them from the blood into the urine. &lt;b&gt;Sweat glands in the feet can excrete water and some dissolved substances.&lt;/b&gt;However, its minor role in ridding the body of unwanted substances is not changed by applying foot pads.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Second, that was written by Stephen Barrett, so take up your argument with him at http://www.quackwatch.org/

Third.  You are an idiot.  It is scientifically impossible to excrete measurable amounts of heavy metals, or any other so called "poisons" through the skin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all you are taking that sentence out of context.  Read the whole paragraph:</p>
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It is unlikely they will ever try, because the basic idea that toxins will be excreted through the skin clashes with what is known about human anatomy and physiology. Real detoxification of foreign substances takes place in the liver, which modifies their chemical structure so they can be excreted by the kidneys which filter them from the blood into the urine. <b>Sweat glands in the feet can excrete water and some dissolved substances.</b>However, its minor role in ridding the body of unwanted substances is not changed by applying foot pads.</p></blockquote>
<p>Second, that was written by Stephen Barrett, so take up your argument with him at <a href="http://www.quackwatch.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.quackwatch.org/</a></p>
<p>Third.  You are an idiot.  It is scientifically impossible to excrete measurable amounts of heavy metals, or any other so called &#8220;poisons&#8221; through the skin.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Detox foot patches and pads by kvitkalily</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/05/21/detox-foot-patches-and-pads/#comment-1267</link>
		<dc:creator>kvitkalily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have no idea if these foot patches work or not, but I felt compelled to comment about a statement written above:

"...the basic idea that toxins will be excreted through the skin clashes with what is known about human anatomy and physiology."

In actuality, if you know anything about basic human anatomy and physiology, the skin is the largest organ of the body and is largely responsible for ridding the body of excess toxins along with the liver. Every time you sweat you are getting rid of toxins (that's why people with heavy metal or major chemical toxicity are often placed on intense sauna regimens where they can spend upwards of eight hours a day off and on in the sauna to sweat out the excess toxins). Of course your liver is the primary organ responsible for the elimination of toxins from your body, but our livers were not designed to handle the amount of chemicals we come into contact with every day, and in some circumstances the liver needs a little help. I'm not saying that foot patches are the answer, but I am saying that the skin can play a big role in the detoxification process. It is great to be critical about something affecting your health, especially when it can cost a lot of money, but please be sure to do some basic research about human physiology before you begin to criticize and before you begin stating things as fact that are not exactly true.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no idea if these foot patches work or not, but I felt compelled to comment about a statement written above:</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;the basic idea that toxins will be excreted through the skin clashes with what is known about human anatomy and physiology.&#8221;</p>
<p>In actuality, if you know anything about basic human anatomy and physiology, the skin is the largest organ of the body and is largely responsible for ridding the body of excess toxins along with the liver. Every time you sweat you are getting rid of toxins (that&#8217;s why people with heavy metal or major chemical toxicity are often placed on intense sauna regimens where they can spend upwards of eight hours a day off and on in the sauna to sweat out the excess toxins). Of course your liver is the primary organ responsible for the elimination of toxins from your body, but our livers were not designed to handle the amount of chemicals we come into contact with every day, and in some circumstances the liver needs a little help. I&#8217;m not saying that foot patches are the answer, but I am saying that the skin can play a big role in the detoxification process. It is great to be critical about something affecting your health, especially when it can cost a lot of money, but please be sure to do some basic research about human physiology before you begin to criticize and before you begin stating things as fact that are not exactly true.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Hitchens gets waterboarded by Jack Bethune</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/07/02/hitchens-gets-waterboarded/#comment-962</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Bethune</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congratulations, Hitch! You’ve experienced and now acknowledged the first of many lies told to the American people by the Bush administration (“Yes, we've done some waterboarding, but it’s not torture. We don’t do torture.”) Hitch, you’re beginning to get a picture of the real Bush, front man and useful idiot for the Neocons around him.  I'm afraid in the end he’s going to disappoint  you, Hitch, but you’ve probably been jilted by false idols before. Only 1000 or so more Bush lies to investigate.  So... go, Hitch!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations, Hitch! You’ve experienced and now acknowledged the first of many lies told to the American people by the Bush administration (“Yes, we&#8217;ve done some waterboarding, but it’s not torture. We don’t do torture.”) Hitch, you’re beginning to get a picture of the real Bush, front man and useful idiot for the Neocons around him.  I&#8217;m afraid in the end he’s going to disappoint  you, Hitch, but you’ve probably been jilted by false idols before. Only 1000 or so more Bush lies to investigate.  So&#8230; go, Hitch!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Survey Results: What Do Atheists and Christians Believe by Jack Bethune</title>
		<link>http://freeinquiryforum.com/2008/07/07/survey-results-what-do-atheists-and-christians-believe/#comment-961</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Bethune</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is most striking about these results is the reported ability of Christians to ignore scientific evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.  As one wise online observer once wrote, "There’s a clear demarcation between science and religion: science requires evidence and builds confidence based on Consilience. Religion requires no evidence. It really isn’t possible for evidence to overturn or modify a system of thought that ignores evidence, and it is impossible for a system that requires no evidence to comment usefully on a system built on evidence." Can there be a better reason than this for keeping religion, including Intelligent Design, out of American science classrooms?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is most striking about these results is the reported ability of Christians to ignore scientific evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.  As one wise online observer once wrote, &#8220;There’s a clear demarcation between science and religion: science requires evidence and builds confidence based on Consilience. Religion requires no evidence. It really isn’t possible for evidence to overturn or modify a system of thought that ignores evidence, and it is impossible for a system that requires no evidence to comment usefully on a system built on evidence.&#8221; Can there be a better reason than this for keeping religion, including Intelligent Design, out of American science classrooms?</p>
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